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Show Coolidge and Dawes are Elected by Large Majority New York, Campaign managers lor John W. Davis conceded at midnight mid-night November 4th the election of President Coolidge. No statement was forthcoming from Mr. Davis or Clem Shaver, chairman of the national nation-al committee. New York, Unless unusual upsets are revealed in belated returns, President Coolidge will receive a substantial sub-stantial majority over the combined strength of John W. Davis and Robert Ro-bert M. La Follette in the electoral college. Early Wednesday Mr. Coolidge apparently ap-parently had a commanding plurality in the following states. ELECTORAL VOTE Connecticut 7 Delaware 3 .Illinois 29 Iowa 13 Kansas 10 Kentucky 13 Maine C Maryland 8 Massachusetts . IS Michigan 15 Nebraska 8 New Hampshire 4 New Jersey 14 New York 45 Ohio 24 Oregon 5 Pennsylvania 3S Khode Island 5 Utah 4 Vermont' 4 Total .-. 273 This Includes some states in which the returns still are far from corn-complete, corn-complete, but in which the condition of the count or concession of political leaders of the opposition point to n Coolidge victory. In addition, the Republican presidential presi-dential nominee was leading in totals compiled In Arizona, with 3 electoral votes ; California, with 13 ; Colorado, with 6 ; Idaho with 4 ; In. diana with 15; Minnesota with 12; Montana with 4 ; Nevada, with 3 ; North Dakota with 5 ; South Dakota, with 5; Washington with 7; West Virginia with 8 and Wyoming with 3. But in none of these states had a sufficient number of precincts reported re-ported to make the outcome certain. The number necessary to elect is 2GG. Alabama 12 Arkansas 0 Florida 6 Georgia 14 Ixmisiana 10 Mississippi 10 North Carolina 12 Oklahoma 10 South Carolina 0 Tennessee 12 Texas 20 Virginia 12 Total 130 In addition, Mr. Davis was leading on the face on incomplete returns In New Mexico, with 3 votes. He led in Missouri, with IS, until early Wednesday, when the president took a slight lead. Senator La Follcttee was ahead only in Wisconsin, where he appeared appear-ed to have established a lead that could not be overcome. In the congressional election, with a few more than half of the returns in, the Republicans had made a net gain of seven in the house and were in a fair way to take three senatorial senator-ial seats away from the Democrats and one from the Farmer-Labor party. The Republican gains in the house were in the First New Hampshire district, Delaware at large, and the Twelfth, Fourteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-second and Thirtieth Pennsylvania. Penn-sylvania. The new congress will have at least one woman member. Mrs. Mary T. Norton, a Democrat, was elected from the Twelfth New New Jersey. The three Democratic senatorial candidates who were trailing their Republican opponents in a fight for seats now held by Democrats were Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, opposed op-posed 'by Speaker Gillett of the house of representatives ; Senator Stanley of Kentucky, opposed . by Fred M. Sackett and J. C. Walton of Oklahoma, Okla-homa, whose opponent is W. B. Pine. In Minnesota, Magnus Johnson, one of the two Farmer-Labor senators in congress, was trailing behind his Republican Re-publican opponent, Representative Thomas C. Schall. No definite overturns had been reported re-ported in the senate, although Senator Sena-tor Walsh, Democrat, Massachusetts, and J. C. Walton, Democratic candidate candi-date for the seats now held by Senator Sena-tor Owen of Oklahoma, were trailing far behind their Republican opponents. oppon-ents. In New York state Governor Alfred E. Smith apparently had won a reelection re-election over Theodore Roosevelt, whose defeat had been conceded by the Republican state chairman. Governor Donahey of Ohio, also a Democrat, was in the lead in his fight for reelection, despite an indicated heavy Coolidge majority in that state. In Illinois Governor Small, Republican, Repub-lican, kept a comfortable margin over his Democratic adversary. In two states, Texas and Wyoming, women candidates for governor were ahead, on the face of returns. Both were Democrats and are the wives of former governors of their states. The early concession of Iowa to President Coolidge by La Follette headuarters at Des Moines, came as a surprise to many political observers observ-ers who expected Iowa to be one of the s-tates possibly found in the La Follette column if the senator won he electoral vote of any states besides be-sides his home state, Wisconsin, and possibly Minnesota and North Dakota. Dako-ta. The returns from North Dakota up to midnight Tuesday necessarily came from the cities and towns and were only a very small percentage of the voting strength of the state. They gave President Coolidge a big lead. If they ran true to precedent, the president's lead would be reduced and Senator La Follette's vote would be increased as the rtums from the country districts were tabulated. The first returns from Wisconsin, which has been regarded as the cor-nci'itone cor-nci'itone of the La Follette strength, gave Coolidge 4300 to 3283 for La Follette, but the latter afterwards took the lead. Throughout most of the east the independent presidential candidate ran far behind, but on early ear-ly returns he was running second to Coolidge in both North and South Dakota. Da-kota. First reports from Iowa, which has been claimed as a La Follette state by his campaigning managers, showed Coolidge with a majority over the combined vote of Davis and La Fol lette, who were running neck and neck for second place. Senator Walsh, Democrat of Massachusetts, Massa-chusetts, was running far behind his Republican opponent, Speaker Fred erick H. Gillett, but was leading by a wide margin the national ticket of his party. In Oklahoma, despite the Davis lead, J. C. Walton, running on an anti-klan platform as Democratic candidate for senator, was trailing his Republican opponent. Mrs. Miriam Ferguson, the Democratic anti-klan candidate for governor of Texas, was in the lead, but Carlton B. McCul lough, Democratic candidate for governor gov-ernor of Indiana and outspoken op ponent of the klan, was running behind be-hind his Republican opponent, Ed Jackson. In Kansas, William Allen White, running for governor on an independent independ-ent anti-klan platform, was third in his three-cornered race against the regular Democratic and Republican nominees. In all, thirty-four states were electing elect-ing governors, but in most cases there were local complications and cross-currents of political opinion which led sophisticated politicians to withhold predictions on the basis of the fragmentary early returns. Encouraged by the vote polled by Senator La Follette in the east, Chicago Chi-cago headquarters of the La Follette-Wheeler Follette-Wheeler movement announced that their political organization would ba kept intact for another try in the congressional con-gressional elections of 1926 and the presidential contest of 1928. In some parts of the country the drift to Coolidge was so overwhelming overwhelm-ing that it threatens to rival the Harding landslide of 1920. Mr. Harding's Hard-ing's own voting precinct in Marion was carried by his successor by a larger majority than it gave its native na-tive son four years ago. In his own home state, Massachusetts, Massachu-setts, Mr. Coolidge was leading Davis Da-vis by a ratio of almost four to one; and La Follette by almost fourteen to one; in Maine, also, the Coolidge advantage over Davis was almost four to one; in Rhode Island more than three to one; in New Hampshire, more than two to one, and in Connecticut, Con-necticut, more than two to one. Both in up-state New York and in New York City the president was ahead of Mr. Davis, although the city gave the Democratic nominee a far greater great-er proportion of its vote than did other sections of the state. Shortly after 10 p. m., eastern standard time, the New York Times, another Democratic paper, conceded the election of Coolidge, but predicted that Smith would be retained in the governor's chair at Albany by 100,-000. 100,-000. On the face of the first returns from New Jersey, a very early and small return, Coolidge was leading Davis four to one. In Ohio, with 170,000 votes counted, Coolidge had a lead of 60,000 over Davis and of 85,000 over La Follette. In Penn sylvania, one of the rock-ribbed Republican Re-publican states, the president received five votes to one for Davis with La Follette making a close race for sec ond place. Delaware's first reports gave Coolidge Cool-idge more than five to one over Davis. Da-vis. In Kansas the ratio stood at three for Coolidge to one for Davis. In Indiana, with about one-twentieth of the state counted, the Coolidge lead was 20,000. New York While the Republicans will organize the next senate, on the face of early returns, Senator La Follette, Fol-lette, with his group of followers, will retain the balance of power. Indications are that the lineup will be: Republicans, 50; Democrats, 44; Farmer-Labor, 2. While La Follette will not add to bis strength in the senate, his little group of six faithful supporters will enable him to wield a tremendous influence, in-fluence, if he is not in a position to actually dictate legislation. It is assumed on early returns that two of his followers up for reelection Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa and Magnus Johnson of Minnesta will be returned. Despite their optimistic forecast, it appears that the Democrats have failed to cut in on the Republicans in doubtful states. In fact, it would seem that the Republican Re-publican candidates have the advantage advan-tage in some states heretofore carried by the Democrats. For instance, W. B. Pine, Republican, Republi-can, seems certain of election in Oklahoma Ok-lahoma over Governor J. C. Walton, Wal-ton, the Democratic candidate, while in Kentucky Fred M. Sackett, Republican, Repub-lican, is running neck and neck with M. O. Stanley. From the states in which the Democrats Dem-ocrats were hopeful of gaining enough seats to capture control of the Republican managers likewise were without accurate information from the districts in which they expected to get enough seats to gvie them an actual, as well as a nominal, majority. major-ity. The La Follette Progressive bloc appeared to be holding its own, with probable gains. Boise, Idaho, Idaho gave Calvin Coolidge a landslide vote and when a quarter of the votes in the state bad been counted it seemed apparent that Charles C. Moore, Republican governor, would be reelected by a plurality of 10,000 votes. Governor Moore himself expressed confidence that this, would be the result. Senator Borah, as was expected, piled up a heavy majority against his Democratic opponent, Frank Martin. The vote was nearly four to one, Representative Rep-resentative Addison T. Smith was sure of his place and Representative Burton L. French, though hard pressed press-ed by Perry Mitchell, Democratic-Progressive '"fusion" candidate, had better bet-ter than an even chance of success. The entire state Republican ticket will probably be carried into office by Coolidge and Moore. Returns from 192 precincts in Idaho Ida-ho give: Coolidge, 16827; Davis, 5670; La Follette, 11,909; 220 precincts give: Moore, 18,559; Freehafer, 6437; Samuels, Sam-uels, 15,029. The Republican congressional delegation dele-gation seems to be elected, Borah and Smith being certain. The state Republican Re-publican ticket will be carried in with Moore, the tabulators say. Montpelier, Vt., President Calvin Coolidge's own state, where he was born and reared, gave him a tremendous tremen-dous vote. The president, with considerably con-siderably more than half of the 248 towns and cities already tabulated, was running five to one ahead of -John W. Davis, and more than thirteen thir-teen to one ahead of a Follette. With 217 cities and towns out of the 248 in the Green Mountain state already completely counted, Mr. Coolidge Cool-idge had received 67,836 votes, Mr. Davis 13,491, and Mr. La Follette 5139. Martin, Democratic candidate for -overnor, was running far behind his Republican opponent, Lieutenant Governor Gov-ernor Billings, although Martin was running behind the lead of his ticket. tick-et. Billings, with 217 cities and towns out of 218 in the state, had received re-ceived 63,548 votes, to votes, to 14,930 for Martin. Marion, Ohio, President Cooiidge ccrried the home precinct of the late President Warren G. Ha -ding by a birger vote than Mr. Harclinjr did four years ago. That precinct precinct pre-cinct "G" of the Fourth ward gave Coolidge 154, Davis 64 and La Follette Fol-lette 13. Four years ago it gave Harding 115 and Cox 119. |